I love black and white as well because it lends itself to so many bright colours. That last image is amazing!! Oh great, now I want to do my girl's room all over again and I'm not even finished with this round:)

Lovely stuff! But notice how all your upholstery examples have the stripes running vertically? Your horizontal stripes are so terrific and - based on the general design trend - so fantastically unexpected! I think your chair is going to be fabulous!! Still think you should paint the wood though (gold or black) OR sand the current wood down so that it's more "organic". ;-) Victoria

Love a little graphic black and white. Nicole's Cohen's entire house makes me swoon, love what Danielle did with her daughter's wall and adore that boys bedroom with the striped headboard and antique bed.

These are great examples - I love every one of them. There's something about black & white stripes that just adds so much punch to a room without being over-the-top. I can't wait to see your chair all done :)

Also, I think you should add "chronic giveaway winner" to your resume, I'm SO jealous you won the Domino book from Nancy!! I need to know how you do it lol!! (and congratulations of course, you deserved it :)